For the last 3 years the Northern Devon Nature Improvement Area (NIA) partners have worked with landowners and local communities within the River Torridge catchment to help support, protect and connect wildlife habitats and enhance recognition that our natural heritage underpins all our lives. Activities have ranged from planting community woodlands to river monitoring, from on-farm education to environmental art projects.

Re-connecting communities with nature can benefit both wildlife and people; providing opportunities to improve health, well being and to learn new skills.

Our part in this project was to work alongside Clare Manning, Community Outreach Officer from NIA partners Devon Wildlife Trust to deliver a multi media arts project resulting in three short films.

We followed the Torridge out to Torrington, Langtree and Meeth, met some lovely people of all ages, talked bees, trees, walks and fresh air, splashed in puddles, got caught in hail storms, made drawings and paintings, built bee hotels, drank hot chocolate, made friends with a church yard cat, recorded interviews, took photos ... and made these lovely little films.